Editors and writers discuss the ways David Foster Wallace’s work influenced them and what it was like to work with him.
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Was the World Press Wrong to Choose This As The Photo of the Year?
Jury chairman Stuart Franklin called the decision “morally problematic.”
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction
A History of American Protest Music: ‘We Have Got Tools and We Are Going to Succeed’
Lead Belly, Lee Hays, and the hammer songs that powered the folk movement.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Business of Being “Jane Roe”
Last week, on February 18th, Norma McCorvey — aka “Jane Roe,” the plaintiff in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized abortion — passed away. Four years ago, in February, 2013, Vanity Fair published this fascinating profile of of her.
Posted inUnapologetic Women, Writing
Arundhati Roy Doesn’t Care What You Think
While critics were measuring her life as the length of time between novels, Arundhati Roy was out in the world, living it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Discussions, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
The Writers’ Roundtable: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
A conversation between writers Eva Holland, Benjamin Percy, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Mary H.K. Choi, and Adam Sternbergh about writing on both sides of the fiction-nonfiction divide.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Cast by Chronic Illness Into a Limiting Role
Maris Kreizman dreamed of attending performing arts camp, but she ended up homesick at diabetes camp instead.
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Sex, Drugs, and Bestsellers: The Legend of the Literary Brat Pack
A look back at the “literary brat pack”—Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Tama Janowitz and a group of other writers in the 1980s as famous for their coke-fueled late nights at the Odeon as they were for publishing celebrated novels before the age of 30.
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Longreads Just Turned 8 Years Old. Here’s What the Next Eight Years Look Like.
We’re pursuing undiscovered voices and original reporting. We’ll need your help to do it.
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On the Dark Side of Literary Fame
After publishing a critically acclaimed first novel, Merritt Tierce reflects on the harsh economic realities that all but a few best-selling authors face.
